Eagle County

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administration
US state : Colorado
Administrative headquarters : eagle
Foundation : 1883
Demographics
Residents : 52,197  (2010)
Population density : 11.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 4382 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Eagle County within Colorado
Website : www.eaglecounty.us

The Eagle County [ ˈiːgl̩ ] ( English for eagle ) is a county in the central to northwestern part of the US state Colorado . The county seat is Eagle .

geography

Eagle County is named after the Eagle River - an eastern tributary of the Colorado River - which flows through the district from west to southeast and in whose catchment area most of the housing developments are located. South of the Eagle lies the Sawatch Range , a densely forested range of mountains in the Rocky Mountains that has been declared the White River National Forest . To the east, the highest peaks of the Gore Range form the natural district boundary to Summit .

Encircling the county in a clockwise direction is Grand (Northeast), Summit , Lake , Pitkin , Garfield, and Routt Counties .

history

The administrative unit was created in 1883 from the western region of the Summit district, which today only comprises a very small district west of Eagle, but at the time extended to the state border with Utah , where the areas are now under the administration of Rio Blanco and Garfield.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 3725 -
1900 3008 -19.2%
1910 2985 -0.8%
1920 3385 13.4%
1930 3924 15.9%
1940 5361 36.6%
1950 4488 -16.3%
1960 4677 4.2%
1970 7498 60.3%
1980 13,320 77.6%
1990 21,928 64.6%
2000 41,659 90%
2010 52.197 25.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Eagle County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Ski Area
The Cross Lake
The Lake Charles
The Ruedi Reservoir

According to the 2000 census , the county had 41,659 people. There were 15,148 households and 9013 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 85.35 percent white, 0.34 percent African American, 0.71 percent Native American, 0.82 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 10.80 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.90 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.24 percent of the population.

Of the 15,148 households, 32.7 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 50.0 percent were married couples living together, 5.6 percent were single mothers. 40.5 percent were not families. 20.9 percent were single households and 1.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.17.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 11.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 42.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 20.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 3.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 121.0 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 125.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 62,682 , and the median income for a family is $ 68,226. Males had a median income of $ 37,603 versus $ 30,579 for females. The per capita income was $ 32,011. 7.8 percent of the population and 3.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 6.8 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 7.6 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Eagle County

Residential areas that do not have city rights, but are merely officially established settlements for the census-designated place , are shown in italics .

Rivers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198134. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Web links

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Coordinates: 39 ° 37 ′  N , 106 ° 42 ′  W